Monday, March 24, 2008

Preparing for California

Ah yes. Time to travel once again. Although, to be honest to all of my intrepid readers, I did take short trips in both January and February but decided not to share those exciting adventures with an audience. Now it is off to California for the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute user meeting on Genomics of Energy & Environment in Walnut Creek, one hour by train northeast of San Francisco. For those interested, the meeting web site is http://www.jgi.doe.gov/meetings/usermtg08/ I plan to spend Friday afternoon and evening in San Francisco and spend Saturday all day at Point Reyes National Seashore (http://www.nps.gov/pore/). I just got a new "super zoom" lens for my camera so I hope to take pictures of whales, sea lions, birds, and flowers at Point Reyes. Let us hope that it doesn't rain on Saturday and that the day will be sunny so that I can share some good photos.